Kirk

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I thought I was in !startrek@startrek.website for a moment...

My take is that even if you consider LLMs to fall under the umbrella of "AI" (I don't), they appear to be a completely different technology than the Enterprise-D computer, which is more like highly advanced natural language processing.

would you want a perfect AI that was incapable of lying or harbouring anything untrue?

It's not really possible for an AI to know what's true with 100% accuracy, but I do think it's technically possible to invent an AI that is honest. It's important to remember that LLMs are actually "hallucinating" 100% of the time. The only reason they are ever correct is because the training data was correct.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 6 months ago

Ah yeah I'm with you. I actually think LLMs are a useful tool for that initial push- a search query, rough draft (or demo). But I'm not convinced they could ever move beyond that, since creating rigid, reliable structure isn't what they're designed to do.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They may receive 5x the criticism and be 5x less effective at moving products, but if they turn out to be 10x cheaper to produce then that is still a huge net positive revenue-wise and allows them to make a lot more (and more targeted) ads

Note: I totally made those numbers up

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That's a good point- if they were truly making a superintelligence, it wouldn't be for sale, just like Coca-cola wouldn't sell their recipe. They're selling the shovels while insisting to corporate executives there's a gold rush going on.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Now I call that convenience

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

🙌Hail all knowing Claude🙌

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 10 points 6 months ago (6 children)

This is interesting but I wonder how he verified the data it was spitting out if he doesn't know how to code?

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 53 points 6 months ago (6 children)

This was inevitable. Anyone who has a basic understanding of how GenAI works knows the only thing they're actually marketable for use for is advertising. Nobody wants to read (or write) an LLM generated book or make a movie with a script written by ChatGPT.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 6 months ago

Yes exactly thank you for pointing it out. He's not referring to people upset about slop or propaganda or CSAM on X, he is just doing more marketing and pretending that LLMs will somehow stop being chatbots and magically transform into something else that kills us all.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A common thread with these stories seems to be that the person experienced a deep emotional wound before the AI stepped in.

It may sound obvious to those here, but it important to recognize that they aren't providing any real companionship. They are preying on vulnerable people the way casinos tell you they can solve your money troubles.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago

It really is just kind of a vibe, isn't it.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I was taught they are starchy but that was grade school days and I won't die on this hill. I certainly didn't mean to imply peas were unhealthy. What I found odd is that they are on opposite ends of the pyramid from "whole grains" which is a carb I would personally say is on about the same level as peas overall.

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